Don't Think Twice (2016)
Directed by Mike Birbiglia
An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time.
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At its best "Don't Think Twice," valentine on one side, cautionary tale on the other, harkens to some unexpected films not explicitly about improv comedy — Paul Mazursky's "Next Stop, Greenwich Village," or Barry Levinson's "Diner" — but very much in the improv spirit, about dreamers living in what Stephen Colbert refers to as a "humorocracy."
Nanjiani’s relationship with his fellow comedians (Aidy Bryant and Kurt Braunohler) brings to mind the group dynamics of Mike Birbiglia’s Don’t Think Twice, whereas his conflicts with his Pakistani family play like a less zany version of My Big Fat Greek Wedding.
Aziz Ansari milks perceptive humor out of a similar identity crisis in “Masters of None,” and Kumail’s story also mines warm communal vibes and caustic humor specific to the standup scene that Mike Birbiglia probed in “Don’t Think Twice.”
Meanwhile, his stand-up career takes off, and Apatow lovingly captures the behind-the-scenes world of stand-up life in a way that recalls Mike Birbiglia ’s “Don’t Think Twice.”